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Solved!- Having Trouble with 41 Hyphens

> **Edit: Problem solved!**
>
> The problem is that each post can have maximum of 40 hyphens. Once you put in the 41st hyphen, everything falls apart, and you see the original code, minus all the break lines. For an example, see these two posts in this thread:
> - [http://www.kongregate.com/forums/7/topics/324916?page=1#posts-6832111](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/7/topics/324916?page=1#posts-6832111)
>
> - [http://www.kongregate.com/forums/7/topics/324916?page=1#posts-6832131](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/7/topics/324916?page=1#posts-6832131)
>
> The only difference between the two is this was the word hyphen was replaced with an actual hyphen. That small difference causes the problem. I hope this helps other people. I’ve renamed the thread from “Having Trouble with Forum Posts” to “Solved!- Having Trouble with 41 Hyphens” so that when other people search for similar problems in the Technical Forum they will be more likely to see this thread, since the word “hyphen” was the first thing I searched for.
>
> Thanks [adv0catus](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/adv0catus) for the help.
I’m an Alliance leader in an Alliance in Legacy of a Thousand Suns. To help my Alliance, I have a forum I use. So far, it’s been working fine, until today when I tried to add this link to my first post while edited it: [http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/legacy-of-a-thousand-suns?kv\_action\_type=raidhelp&kv\_raid\_id=6894478&kv\_difficulty=1&kv\_raid\_boss=cerebral\_ceo&kv\_hash=gkT87rGS1L](http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/legacy-of-a-thousand-suns?kv_action_type=raidhelp&kv_raid_id=6894478&kv_difficulty=1&kv_raid_boss=cerebral_ceo&kv_hash=gkT87rGS1L)
I did some experimentation, and found out that for some reason if I remove one of the hyphens from “legacy-of-a-thousand-suns” that there is no problem, though that does ruin the link. I’ve also looked through the [formatting guide](http://www.kongregate.com/pages/formatting) , but didn’t see anything related to this. Nor did I find a previous thread in the Technical Trouble forum.
This link works fine in [this post](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/120-legacy-of-a-thousand-suns/topics/312628-khemris-lots-forum?page=2#posts-6830312) , but when I try to put it in [this other post](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/120/topics/312628?page=1#posts-6598453) in any place the post just runs together without any spaces. The next post in this thread will show what it looks like when I add the link. I will also add a post after that showing what it looks like without the link in case changes are made to the post I’m having trouble with.
The only change between the two posts is the addition of the problem link between
[Click here to join the alliance if you are interested.](http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/legacy-of-a-thousand-suns?kv_action_type=guildinvite&kv_fbuid=kong_GameTommy)
and
## Announcement
Everything else is EXACTLY the same.
Any help would be appreciated. If you need more information, reply to this forum, or send a Private Message to me.
Sincerely,
Tommy

"Click here to join the alliance if you are interested.":[http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/legacy-of-a-thousand-suns?kv\_action\_type=guildinvite&kv\_fbuid=kong\_GameTommy](http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/legacy-of-a-thousand-suns?kv_action_type=guildinvite&kv_fbuid=kong_GameTommy)[http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/legacy-of-a-thousand-suns?kv\_action\_type=raidhelp&kv\_raid\_id=6894478&kv\_difficulty=1&kv\_raid\_boss=cerebral\_ceo&kv\_hash=gkT87rGS1L](http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/legacy-of-a-thousand-suns?kv_action_type=raidhelp&kv_raid_id=6894478&kv_difficulty=1&kv_raid_boss=cerebral_ceo&kv_hash=gkT87rGS1L)h2. Announcement bq.. Rare Spawn Cerebral CEO up! Started 5:40 PM EST on 2-7-2013 and goes for 24 hours until 5:40 PM on 2-8-2013. "Direct link to Loot Table.":[http://i.imgur.com/7TzuHjl.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/7TzuHjl.jpg)"Link to LoTS website forum post.":[http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?11606](http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?11606)Here are the "patch notes":[http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?11516](http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?11516) for the week of 2-6-2013. Here is "The State of the Game":[http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?11578](http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?11578) for February 2013. As always, if you need any help or have any questions, feel free to send me a Private Message on my "Kongregate Profile":[http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/GameTommy](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/GameTommy). p. h2. Forum Rules bq.. Please note that all postings here must abide by Kongregate's Forum rules set forth "here":[http://www.kongregate.com/forums/120-legacy-of-a-thousand-suns/topics/238145-using-this-forum](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/120-legacy-of-a-thousand-suns/topics/238145-using-this-forum). If you aren't sure of something, please read this to make sure your post won't be deleted. All of them are very friendly from my experience, and will be glad to help, ESPECIALLY if you are showing interest in abiding by forum rules. Second, this forum is primarily used for communication among members of Khemri that are too cumbersome to fit inside Alliance chat, such as a list of helpful websites, what raid(s) will be summoned next, etc. Other people/Alliances are of course allowed to view messages here (not like I can stop you), but please do not post anything here. If you would like to make a suggestion, feel free to Private Message my Kongregate Profile. Finally, please post your LoTS name at the end of everyone of your posts, so that if someone DOES try to be a troll and say to do something stupid, everyone will know what is really going on. Tommy p. h2. Helpful Links h1. Here are some helpful links for starting the game off: - "A Newbie Guide":[http://pastebin.com/mAKW1qUV](http://pastebin.com/mAKW1qUV) by "Godbot3000":[http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/Godbot3000](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/Godbot3000) - "An Intermediate Guide":[http://pastebin.com/iCVHJMQi](http://pastebin.com/iCVHJMQi) also by "Godbot3000":[http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/Godbot3000](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/Godbot3000)- "Tactics that should be used in raids.":[http://tinyurl.com/lotstac](http://tinyurl.com/lotstac) Basically, it says to use EdC chain for all 50, 100, 250, or 500 man raids, Asymmetrical Warfare for Personal and 10 man raids, and to never use Pursuit of Excellence unless you are the one who started the raid, or the raid creator asked for it to be put up. h1. Userscripts that are highly suggested for this game are: - "Doomcat's LoTS Raid Link Helper for Chat":[http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/124753](http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/124753) by "Doomcat":[http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/doomcat](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/doomcat), which formats Kongregate's chat to allow you to see the name of the raid, it's FS/OS, if you have visited it before, and even keeps a record of raids that have been posted in chat. - "Quickfriend":[http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/125666](http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/125666) also by "Doomcat":[http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/doomcat](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/doomcat), which allows you to add everyone in the chat room as your friend. This is very useful when going for the fleet badge. \*Note that you will have to refresh Firefox after installing this script if you are using it.\* The following two links work together: -"LoTS Raid Link Gatherer":[http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/153895](http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/153895) by "cconoly":[http://userscripts.org/users/497275](http://userscripts.org/users/497275) gathers all public posted raids, and sends them to a database. -"LoTS Kongregate Raid List':[http://cconoly.com/lots/](http://cconoly.com/lots/) also by "cconoly":[http://userscripts.org/users/497275](http://userscripts.org/users/497275) displays all of the gathered data. - "Raid Poster/Loader":[http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/132671](http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/132671) by "SReject":[http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/SReject](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/SReject), which allows you to upload raids from pastebin or LoTS Kongregate Raid List to chat, or load them into the game so that you don't have to copy/paste multiple raids individually. It is suggested you have both Doomcat's and cconoly's scripts, as Doomcat's allows you to see live what raids are being posted, while cconoly's allows you to see what raids are being posted in other chat rooms or before you logged on. h1. Pastebins that are regularly updated. These are great if you are looking for farming raids or just raids to spend your stamina on, and aren't looking for quick to die raids like Nathaniel Vorden, here are some alternate sites to cconoly's script that you can use: - [http://pastebin.com/S7Q6LNyr](http://pastebin.com/S7Q6LNyr)- [http://pastebin.com/sJ6uxZUT](http://pastebin.com/sJ6uxZUT)h1. Wikia There is a Wikia for this game. It can be found at [http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS](http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS). This will have almost everything you could possibly need to know about this game. Want to know what items are needed for getting the legendary Dragoncycle? Do a search, and you'll find the items needed "here":[http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS/experiment/dragoncycle](http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS/experiment/dragoncycle). Want to know which Alliance raids have Novocastrian Armor for progressing through Zone 9? Go to [http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS/missions/Scaean\_Gates](http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS/missions/Scaean_Gates), and you'll see how which items are needed, and by clicking on them you will see which raids drop them. Want to know the FS/OS of an Alliance raid before summoning it, and how much health and time the raid will have? A link for those can also by found on the main page on the left had side, under "Alliance Raids":[http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS/raids/alliance](http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS/raids/alliance). h1. Legacy of a Thousand Suns Official Website Want to find out about upcoming events, patch notes, and other forums for LoTS beside on Kongregate? [http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/suns/forum/](http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/suns/forum/) has all the official news you could ever need. h2. Alliance Rules bq.. There aren't too many alliance rules, only seven. I've mentioned all of these on or off before (except possibly the first one, which so far people have been following anyway), but I'm going to list them all here for new people. Of these six rules, the first four are absolute and will never change, while the other three may change depending on the circumstances. 1. The first Alliance rule is to be mature, and not to use (ironically) mature language in Alliance chat. If you follow the same rules as Kongregate chat or Kongreate Forum rules, everything will be fine. 2. If you want to summon a raid, or have someone else do it, please make sure the Alliance can handle a new raid. Not a big concern usually, but a big deal if Wahsh or Psi-Hound is up. 3. Any level player is welcome. 4. If you are going to be gone from the game for a long time, like more than a month, but \*\_WILL\_\* be coming back, make sure to send me a Private Message on my Kongregate or in-game profile about when you will be coming back (I don't need to know why you are temporarily leaving, just let me know it is only temporary.) If you don't do that, I'll assume you have grown bored of the game and won't be coming back, and you will be removed from the Alliance so other people can join. The following three rules may change \*\_IF\_\* there is repeated breaking of the previous three rules. 5. Player's who join who are Lv. 100+, or member who reach 100+, will become Officers. 6. All other people will be promoted to Soldier when they are accepted into the Alliance. 7. These are the following Permissions an Alliance Leader \*MAY\* give out to each rank, and what I have given out. - Approve/Deny Applications: Officers have this ability. - Summon Enemies: Officers have this ability. - Promote/Demote/Kick: Officers have this ability. If they accept an application for the guild, they have to promote them to Soldier. - Change Announcement: Officers have this ability. - Change Permissions: I have reserved this right to myself only. - Remove Tactic: Soldiers and Officers can do this. \_IMO, 5th Planet Games should allow raid creators to choose whether to allow other people to remove tactics or not, and to lock down certain ones that the creator definitely wants to keep, but oh well.\_ p. h2. Miscellaneous bq.. Some misc information. If you want to post a raid privately to someone in-game, or post it in Alliance chat, you only need the "kv\_raid\_id" and after posted. This can be done by clicking the Red Alert Button for a raid, pasting it in chat or the URL, deleting everything before "kv\_raid\_id", then copying that into the message or Alliance chat. Another very useful thing is [http://www.kongregate.com/pages/formatting](http://www.kongregate.com/pages/formatting), which will show how to format posts in this thread. If you want to do things like make links that only involve "clicking a single or several words":[http://www.kongregate.com/pages/formatting](http://www.kongregate.com/pages/formatting), \*making bold\* or \_italicized words\_, even making headers, boxes like this and the previous paragraph are in, or even posting images, then that page will explain everything. Then again, the rest of the posts should be simple, but if you want to post a screenshot in this forum, then that page will show you how. p. Ok, that's everything. Again, if you need any help or have any questions, feel free to send me a Private Message on my "Kongregate Profile":[http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/GameTommy](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/GameTommy). Tommy

[Click here to join the alliance if you are interested.](http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/legacy-of-a-thousand-suns?kv_action_type=guildinvite&kv_fbuid=kong_GameTommy)
## Announcement
> Rare Spawn Cerebral CEO up! Started 5:40 PM EST on 2-7-2013 and goes for 24 hours until 5:40 PM on 2-8-2013.
>
> [Direct link to Loot Table.](http://i.imgur.com/7TzuHjl.jpg)
>
> [Link to LoTS website forum post.](http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?11606)
>
> Here are the [patch notes](http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?11516) for the week of 2-6-2013.
>
> Here is [The State of the Game](http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?11578) for February 2013.
>
> As always, if you need any help or have any questions, feel free to send me a Private Message on my [Kongregate Profile](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/GameTommy).
## Forum Rules
> Please note that all postings here must abide by Kongregate’s Forum rules set forth [here](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/120-legacy-of-a-thousand-suns/topics/238145-using-this-forum). If you aren’t sure of something, please read this to make sure your post won’t be deleted. All of them are very friendly from my experience, and will be glad to help, ESPECIALLY if you are showing interest in abiding by forum rules.
>
> Second, this forum is primarily used for communication among members of Khemri that are too cumbersome to fit inside Alliance chat, such as a list of helpful websites, what raid(s) will be summoned next, etc. Other people/Alliances are of course allowed to view messages here (not like I can stop you), but please do not post anything here. If you would like to make a suggestion, feel free to Private Message my Kongregate Profile.
>
> Finally, please post your LoTS name at the end of everyone of your posts, so that if someone DOES try to be a troll and say to do something stupid, everyone will know what is really going on.
>
> Tommy
## Helpful Links
# Here are some helpful links for starting the game off:
- [A Newbie Guide](http://pastebin.com/mAKW1qUV) by [Godbot3000](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/Godbot3000)
- [An Intermediate Guide](http://pastebin.com/iCVHJMQi) also by [Godbot3000](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/Godbot3000)
- [Tactics that should be used in raids.](http://tinyurl.com/lotstac) Basically, it says to use EdC chain for all 50, 100, 250, or 500 man raids, Asymmetrical Warfare for Personal and 10 man raids, and to never use Pursuit of Excellence unless you are the one who started the raid, or the raid creator asked for it to be put up.
# Userscripts that are highly suggested for this game are:
- [Doomcat’s LoTS Raid Link Helper for Chat](http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/124753) by [Doomcat](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/doomcat), which formats Kongregate’s chat to allow you to see the name of the raid, it’s FS/OS, if you have visited it before, and even keeps a record of raids that have been posted in chat.
- [Quickfriend](http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/125666) also by [Doomcat](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/doomcat), which allows you to add everyone in the chat room as your friend. This is very useful when going for the fleet badge. **Note that you will have to refresh Firefox after installing this script if you are using it.**
The following two links work together:
-[LoTS Raid Link Gatherer](http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/153895) by [cconoly](http://userscripts.org/users/497275) gathers all public posted raids, and sends them to a database.
-"LoTS Kongregate Raid List’:[http://cconoly.com/lots/](http://cconoly.com/lots/) also by [cconoly](http://userscripts.org/users/497275) displays all of the gathered data.
- [Raid Poster/Loader](http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/132671) by [SReject](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/SReject), which allows you to upload raids from pastebin or LoTS Kongregate Raid List to chat, or load them into the game so that you don’t have to copy/paste multiple raids individually.
It is suggested you have both Doomcat’s and cconoly’s scripts, as Doomcat’s allows you to see live what raids are being posted, while cconoly’s allows you to see what raids are being posted in other chat rooms or before you logged on.
# Pastebins that are regularly updated.
These are great if you are looking for farming raids or just raids to spend your stamina on, and aren’t looking for quick to die raids like Nathaniel Vorden, here are some alternate sites to cconoly’s script that you can use:
- [http://pastebin.com/S7Q6LNyr](http://pastebin.com/S7Q6LNyr)
- [http://pastebin.com/sJ6uxZUT](http://pastebin.com/sJ6uxZUT)
# Wikia
There is a Wikia for this game. It can be found at [http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS](http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS). This will have almost everything you could possibly need to know about this game. Want to know what items are needed for getting the legendary Dragoncycle? Do a search, and you’ll find the items needed [here](http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS/experiment/dragoncycle). Want to know which Alliance raids have Novocastrian Armor for progressing through Zone 9? Go to [http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS/missions/Scaean\_Gates](http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS/missions/Scaean_Gates), and you’ll see how which items are needed, and by clicking on them you will see which raids drop them. Want to know the FS/OS of an Alliance raid before summoning it, and how much health and time the raid will have? A link for those can also by found on the main page on the left had side, under [Alliance Raids](http://zoywiki.com/index.php/LotS/raids/alliance).
# Legacy of a Thousand Suns Official Website
Want to find out about upcoming events, patch notes, and other forums for LoTS beside on Kongregate? [http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/suns/forum/](http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/suns/forum/) has all the official news you could ever need.
## Alliance Rules
> There aren’t too many alliance rules, only seven. I’ve mentioned all of these on or off before (except possibly the first one, which so far people have been following anyway), but I’m going to list them all here for new people. Of these six rules, the first four are absolute and will never change, while the other three may change depending on the circumstances.
>
> 1. The first Alliance rule is to be mature, and not to use (ironically) mature language in Alliance chat. If you follow the same rules as Kongregate chat or Kongreate Forum rules, everything will be fine.
> 2. If you want to summon a raid, or have someone else do it, please make sure the Alliance can handle a new raid. Not a big concern usually, but a big deal if Wahsh or Psi-Hound is up.
> 3. Any level player is welcome.
> 4. If you are going to be gone from the game for a long time, like more than a month, but **_WILL_** be coming back, make sure to send me a Private Message on my Kongregate or in-game profile about when you will be coming back (I don’t need to know why you are temporarily leaving, just let me know it is only temporary.) If you don’t do that, I’ll assume you have grown bored of the game and won’t be coming back, and you will be removed from the Alliance so other people can join.
>
> The following three rules may change **_IF_** there is repeated breaking of the previous three rules.
> 5. Player’s who join who are Lv. 100+, or member who reach 100+, will become Officers.
> 6. All other people will be promoted to Soldier when they are accepted into the Alliance.
> 7. These are the following Permissions an Alliance Leader **MAY** give out to each rank, and what I have given out.
> - Approve/Deny Applications: Officers have this ability.
> - Summon Enemies: Officers have this ability.
> - Promote/Demote/Kick: Officers have this ability. If they accept an application for the guild, they have to promote them to Soldier.
> - Change Announcement: Officers have this ability.
> - Change Permissions: I have reserved this right to myself only.
> - Remove Tactic: Soldiers and Officers can do this. _IMO, 5th Planet Games should allow raid creators to choose whether to allow other people to remove tactics or not, and to lock down certain ones that the creator definitely wants to keep, but oh well._
## Miscellaneous
> Some misc information. If you want to post a raid privately to someone in-game, or post it in Alliance chat, you only need the “kv\_raid\_id” and after posted. This can be done by clicking the Red Alert Button for a raid, pasting it in chat or the URL, deleting everything before “kv\_raid\_id”, then copying that into the message or Alliance chat.
>
> Another very useful thing is [http://www.kongregate.com/pages/formatting](http://www.kongregate.com/pages/formatting), which will show how to format posts in this thread. If you want to do things like make links that only involve [clicking a single or several words](http://www.kongregate.com/pages/formatting), **making bold** or _italicized words_, even making headers, boxes like this and the previous paragraph are in, or even posting images, then that page will explain everything. Then again, the rest of the posts should be simple, but if you want to post a screenshot in this forum, then that page will show you how.
Ok, that’s everything. Again, if you need any help or have any questions, feel free to send me a Private Message on my [Kongregate Profile](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/GameTommy).
Tommy

After a certain number of hyphens, the textiles break; I think it’s 20. To make thing easier, you can shorten the URLs. This is the URL for this thread:
[http://www.kongregate.com/forums/7-technical-support/topics/324916-having-trouble-with-forum-posts](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/7-technical-support/topics/324916-having-trouble-with-forum-posts)
But, the following is also a valid URL:
[http://www.kongregate.com/forums/7-technical-support/topics/324916](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/7-technical-support/topics/324916)
As is this:
[http://www.kongregate.com/forums/7/topics/324916](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/7/topics/324916)
[Edit: or use something like tinyurl or bit.ly.]

**Thanks [adv0catus](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/adv0catus), that was the problem.** I changed some of the dates from using hyphens to being spelled out, and that did the trick.
> Also, did some testing. The upper limit of hyphens that can be present is 40. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-1-18-19-20-
> 21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31-32-33-34-35-36-37-38-39-40-
If you do more, it falls apart, and you see the original code, minus all the break lines.
For example, once you have the 41st hyphen, everything collapses.

\*Thanks "adv0catus":[http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/adv0catus](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/adv0catus), that was the problem.\* I changed some of the dates from using hyphens to being spelled out, and that did the trick. bq. Also, did some testing. The upper limit of hyphens that can be present is 40. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-1-18-19-20- 21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31-32-33-34-35-36-37-38-39-40- If you do more, it falls apart, and you see the original code, minus all the break lines. For example, once you have the 41st -, everything collapses.

> *Originally posted by **[IceWeaselX](/forums/7/topics/324916?page=1#posts-6832168):***
>
> Nice job illustrating the difference between functional and breaking point messages, too.
Thanks for the complement. I really hope this helps other people.